commovebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →commoveo, commovere, commovi, commotus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shake/stir up, agitate; displace, disturb, trouble/worry, upset; jolt; excite;; waken; provoke; move (money/camp); produce; cause, start (war); raise (point);
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...quia considerantium haeserant vultus, quicquid a spectaculo vacabat, commovebat obiter labra et me tamquam furtivis subinde osculis verberabat..." - M
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...propriis verbis ea tenebas? sin te auctoritas commovebat, nobisne omnibus et Platoni ipsi nescio quem illum anteponebas? Praesertim..."